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Autore |
Spanos William V |
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Titolo |
America's shadow [[electronic resource] ] : an anatomy of empire / / William V. Spanos |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2000 |
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ISBN |
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0-8166-9021-9 |
0-8166-5294-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States |
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - Influence |
Imperialism - History - 20th century |
East and West |
Postmodernism - Political aspects - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-272) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Ontological Origins of Occidental Imperialism: Thinking the Meta of Metaphysics; 2. Culture and Colonization: The Imperial Imperatives of the Centered Circle; 3. Vietnam and the Pax Americana: A Genealogy of the ""New World Order""; 4. ""Theory"" and the End of History: Rethinking Postmodernity; 5. Thinking in the Interregnum: Prolegomenon to a Spectral Politics; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A study of imperialism that stretches from ancient Rome to the post-Cold War world and focuses on the Vietnam War, this provocative work boldly revises our assumptions about the genealogy of the West. |
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